A new report says Utah left almost $500 million on the table last year because of tax exemptions [Associated Press].

Utah's rapid population growth is being fueled by its expanding economy [Deseret News].

As UtahPolicy.com reported in February, The group pushing for a ballot initiative to raise taxes to better fund Utah's public schools is considering a sales tax hike rather than an income tax increase [Tribune].

President Donald Trump is reportedly willing to consider a "sudden strike" against North Korea in the wake of that country's failed missile test over the weekend [Bloomberg].

Vice President Mike Pence warns North Korea not to test the resolve of the United States, saying the "era of strategic patience is over" [Associated Press].

A prominent scholar on relations between the U.S. and North Korea says tensions between the two countries are dangerously high, describing the current situation as "the Cuban missile crisis in slow motion" [New York Times].

Trump voters in one Pennsylvania swing district are rapidly becoming disillusioned with Trump's administration [New York Times].

Democrats are hopeful they can win a longtime Republican seat in the Atlanta suburbs on Tuesday. The seat was vacated by Tom Price who resigned to become the Secretary of Health and Human Services [Politico].

The salary and benefits included in the employment contracts for two former Utah Transit Authority executives topped $1.1. million annually. Those contracts have been canceled [Deseret News].

The new Utah state prison is expected to be finished by the end of 2020 and ready to take prisoners the following year [Associated Press].

On this day in history:

1961 - About 1,500 CIA-trained Cuban exiles launched an invasion at the Bay of Pigs on the southwestern coast of Cuba in a failed attempt to overthrow Fidel Castro.

1970 - The astronauts of Apollo 13 splashed down safely in the Pacific Ocean, four days after a ruptured oxygen tank crippled their spacecraft.

Reruns "Because of the sexual allegations against him, it's rumored that Bill O'Reilly's show may be going off the air. For continuity's sake, Fox will replace it with reruns of "The Cosby Show." Conan O'Brien

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